The Australian Livestock Exporters Council says there's been no disruption to the cattle trade since it was revealed Australia spied on the President of Indonesia.

The council's Alison Penfold anticipates there'll be 150,000 more cattle exported to Indonesia this year above quota, and the ports are busy.

"Look, I'm just going to operate in the facts, and it's business as usual.

"We're getting on with the job at hand, and that is sourcing cattle like we have done for now with Indonesia for decades."

The live export ship, Barkly Pearl, is due to leave Darwin port on Wednesday bound for Indonesia.

Trade trip delayed

Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has postponed a trip to Indonesia, but the Trade Minister reports good progress on free trade in Beijing.

Mr Joyce and his Indonesian counterparts have "agreed in the circumstances to postpone" his Jakarta trip this week. Mr Joyce's office wouldn't confirm that's because of the diplomatic crisis over the spying revelations.

While there are reports Indonesia is once again looking at import protocols that could allow it to buy beef from countries like Brazil, so far there's been no disruption to either live cattle or wheat exports from Australia.